by Julie Turner | Apr 2, 2017 | What's Happening
I was brought up with a sports-mad father, and therefore as a child, I went along to watch Barnsley F. C. play football and Yorkshire C.C.C. play cricket. I learned to enjoy both sports, mainly because I enjoyed being with my Dad, and I remember the years 1979-1984...
by Julie Turner | Apr 1, 2017 | What's Happening
Tonight I had the privilege of seeing the Watoto Children’s Choir on their ‘Signs and Wonders’ tour, performing at Grimethorpe Pentecostal Church. The choir is part of Watoto Church in Uganda which seeks to help the vulnerable and orphaned and is a...
by Julie Turner | Apr 1, 2017 | What's Happening
Today in England, it’s April Fools’ Day. It’s a day for practical jokes and foolish pranks. Some newspapers, magazines, and other published media report fake stories, which are usually explained the next day or below the news section in small letters. Other countries...
by Julie Turner | Mar 31, 2017 | What's Happening
Whilst we must often consciously and deliberately choose to forget the wrongs done to us, we must also consciously and deliberately choose to remember all God has done for us. Eugene Peterson says, ‘forgetfulness atrophies the muscles of faith and leaves them flabby...
by Julie Turner | Mar 30, 2017 | What's Happening
Some of us have little choice but to embrace forgetfulness as we get older and our memory brain cells just don’t seem to function the way they used to! This isn’t the kind of forgetfulness I mean, however… By embracing forgetfulness, what I mean is a willingness to...